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I've been reading a lot about reproductive technology, and this seems to be the basic jist:
18-25: the "peak" of fertility
25-29: a small decline in fertility, but the odds are still greatly in your favor to conceive naturally within a year
29-35: fertility stays stable
35-40: steep decline in fertility
40-up: small chance of conceiving your first child naturally at this age
It seems to be that if you start having kids earlier rather than later, you can continue to have children much later. The women in my family have had kids up into their 40s, but they started around 25-26. The ones who start trying at 35 or older seem to have the most problems.
I won't lie, this is all kind of scary to me. I'd like to start a family sooner rather than later for a few reasons (health, energy, and I'd actually like my kids to have grandparents who can hang out with them), but there might be a lot of hysteria on both sides.
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